The Kamakhya Temple, which is arranged high overtop a slope called Neelachal Parbat or Kamagiri in the city of Guwahati is one of its few strict milestones, which says a lot about the rich chronicled treasure over which the province of Assam is situated.
This holy sanctuary in the core of the capital city of Assam holds more than it meets the eye of the y. The ya Temple had been inherent adoration to Goddess Kamakhya or Sati, who was one of the various manifestations of Goddess Durga or Goddess Shakti.
The sanctuary is arranged a couple of kilometers from the Guwahati RailwayStation, and is open for guests consistently. There is a legend appended to the historical backdrop of the sanctuary, which goes route back to the legendary age.
As per the legend, Sati the spouse of Lord Shiva (one of the sacred Trinities in Hindu folklore) ended her life at a ‘Yagna’ function that had been coordinated by her dad Daksha, on the grounds that she was unable to bear the put-downs flung at her significant other by her dad.
On hearing the information on his significant other’s passing, Shiva, the destroyer of all that was shrewd flew into a fury and rebuffed Daksha by supplanting his head with that of a goat. Conflicted between wretchedness and visually impaired fierceness, Shiva got the body of his darling spouse Sati and played out a dance of obliteration called the ‘Tandava’.
The power of the destroyer’s wrath was overpowering to the point that it took a few Gods to conciliate his indignation. Amidst this battle, Sati’s body unintentionally got cut into 51 sections by the plate in the possession of Lord Vishnu (likewise one of the Trinities in Hindu folklore), and her female genitalia or ‘Yoni’ fell on where the Kamakhya sanctuary stands today, shaping one of the numerous Shakti ‘Peethas’ adorning the remainder of her body parts.